Private Collection (Miki Howard album)

Private Collection is the ninth studio album by American R&B/Jazz artist Miki Howard, released in June 2008 under her self-owned independent label and distributed by Araca Entertainment.^[1]

The first five tracks are a blend of R&B/soul songs co-produced by Howard and producer/singer Chuckii Booker. Howard collaborated with pianist, composer and producer Brandon McCune to produce five of her favorite classic standards.^[2]

Howard delivers her own interpretations with renditions of the jazz standard tracks, "Skylark", "Guess Who?" and "Days of Wine and Roses".^[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Crazee"	Miki Howard, Chuckii Booker	Chuckii Booker, Miki Howard	4:04
2.	"Favorite Time of the Year"	Howard, Booker	Booker, Howard	4:16
3.	"Beer for Breakfast"	Howard, Booker	Booker, Howard	3:57
4.	"She" (featuring Chuckii Booker)	Howard, Booker	Booker, Howard	3:54
5.	"You Made Me Love You"	Howard, Booker	Booker, Howard	5:08
6.	"Skylark"	Johnny Mercer, Hoagy Carmichael	Brandon McCune, Miki Howard	2:43
7.	"Secret Love"	Paul Francis Webster, Sammy Fain	McCune, Howard	4:02
8.	"Days of Wine and Roses"	Henry Mancini, J. Mercer	McCune, Howard	3:44
9.	"Guess Who?"	Murray Grand, Elisse Boyd	McCune, Howard	2:16
10.	"Counting My Blessings"	Irving Berlin	McCune, Howard	2:28

Notes

"Guess Who?" and "Count My Blessings" renamed for this album, originally title as "Guess Who I Say Today" and "Count Your Blessings (Instead of Sheep)".

Charts

Weekly Charts

Chart (2008)	Peak position
US Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Albums^[4]	60

Singles

"Favorite Time of the Year (2009)

Personnel

Miki Howard – Vocals, Composer
Chuckii Booker – Keyboards, Background Vocals, Composer
Brandon McCune – Piano
Trevor Allen – Bass
Producer – Chuckii Booker, Brandon McCune, Miki Howard

References

↑ Miki Howard Releases New Album "Private Collection". Billboard.com
↑ Album Review: Miki Howard - Private Collection.theurbanmusicscene.com
↑ Soul Express Review: Private Collection by Miki Howard.soulexpress.com
↑ "Miki Howard Album & Song Chart History". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2012-08-22.

External links

Miki Howard

Studio albums	Come Share My Love Love Confessions Miki Howard Femme Fatale Miki Sings Billie Can't Count Me Out (1997) Three Wishes Pillow Talk Private Collection I Choose to Be Happy

Compilation albums	The Very Best of Miki Howard

Live albums	Live Plus Live in Concert

Singles	"Come Share My Love" "Imagination" "Come Back to Me Lover" "Baby, Be Mine" "That's What Love Is" "Crazy" "Ain't Nuthin' in the World" "Love Under New Management" "Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do) "Come Home to Me" "Ain't Nobody Like You" "Release Me" "Shining Through" "But I Love You" "Something I've Never Had" "Nobody" "Kiss of a Stranger" "Favorite Time of the Year" "Panther" (feat. Too Short)

Tours	Cameo Tour Levert Tour Al Jarreau Tour Jazz Allstars Tour Throughback Unplugged Tour

Filmography	Malcolm X (1992) Poetic Justice (1993)

Related articles	Discography Side Effect B Howard

Book:Miki Howard

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